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Exploding onto the Screen: Uncovering the Best Movies and TV Shows about Nuclear Explosions

Get ready to experience the raw power and devastating consequences of nuclear explosions on the big and small screens. From thought-provoking dramas to action-packed thrillers, we've curated a list of the most captivating movies and TV shows that delve into the world of nuclear warfare. Join us on this journey as we explore the best of the best in cinematic and televisual storytelling.

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Zhao Jinmai Zhao Jinmai
Bai Jingting Bai Jingting
Liu Yijun Liu Yijun
Liu Tao Liu Tao
8.1 123 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: China
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 15
Story:  The lives of a college student and a video game designer are kept being reset after an explosion on a bus. During each reset, they have to work together to find out what the reason for the explosion is. Will these two be able to save themselves and their fellow passengers? Will they be able to close the time-loop?
Plot:  time travel, investigation, time loop, explosion, slight romance, student, suspense
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My Daemon
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Miyuri Shimabukuro Miyuri Shimabukuro
Cocoro Kikuchi Cocoro Kikuchi
Jouji Nakata Jouji Nakata
Ayane Sakura Ayane Sakura
8.0 46 votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama
Country: Thailand
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Audience: TV-14
Story:  To save his mother, a kind-hearted boy and his tiny daemon friend set out on a journey across post-apocalyptic Japan as dark forces close in.
Plot:  hell, nuclear explosion, young boy, demon, science fiction
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Die Hard
Cast
Bruce Willis Bruce Willis
Alan Rickman Alan Rickman
Alexander Godunov Alexander Godunov
Bonnie Bedelia Bonnie Bedelia
7.8 12.4K votes
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 132 min.
Audience: R
Story:  High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
Style:  absurd, suspenseful
Plot:  husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, s.w.a.t., fbi, christmas party, vault, heist, murder, ...
Time:  1980s
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White Heat
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James Cagney James Cagney
Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo
Edmond O'Brien Edmond O'Brien
Margaret Wycherly Margaret Wycherly
7.6 544 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 114 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Plot:  prison, undercover agent, parent child relationship, gangster, psychopath, mama's boy, heist, film noir, ...
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Pandora
Cast
Kim Nam-gil Kim Nam-gil
Kim Joo-hyun Kim Joo-hyun
Kim Myung-min Kim Myung-min
Lee Kyung-young Lee Kyung-young
7.5 510 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.
Plot:  small town, corruption, panic, earthquake, nuclear power plant, tragedy, disaster, explosion, ...
Place:  south korea
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Where Eagles Dare
Cast
Richard Burton Richard Burton
Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
Mary Ure Mary Ure
Patrick Wymark Patrick Wymark
7.5 997 votes
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 155 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Plot:  undercover agent, nazi, liberation of prisoners, secret mission, spy, bavaria, germany, mountain, ...
Time:  world war ii, 1940s
Place:  germany
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Apollo 13
Cast
Tom Hanks Tom Hanks
Bill Paxton Bill Paxton
Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon
Gary Sinise Gary Sinise
7.5 6.0K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Plot:  rescue, race against time, moon, nasa, spaceman, based on true story, houston, texas, ...
Place:  florida
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Law Abiding Citizen
Cast
Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx
Gerard Butler Gerard Butler
Colm Meaney Colm Meaney
Bruce McGill Bruce McGill
7.4 5.7K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 109 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Plot:  prison, assassin, philadelphia, pennsylvania, bomb, secret passage, deal, investigation, ...
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Cast
Andy Serkis Andy Serkis
Jason Clarke Jason Clarke
Toby Kebbell Toby Kebbell
Gary Oldman Gary Oldman
7.3 12.3K votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 130 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Style:  shocking
Plot:  san francisco, california, peace, solidarity, gorilla, intelligence, dystopia, chimpanzee, ...
Time:  2030s
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
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Bruce Willis Bruce Willis
Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons
Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson
Larry Bryggman Larry Bryggman
7.3 6.7K votes
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 128 min.
Audience: R
Story:  New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
Plot:  new york city, taxi, gold, helicopter, robbery, police, bomb, riddle, ...
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Cast
John Krasinski John Krasinski
James Badge Dale James Badge Dale
Dominic Fumusa Dominic Fumusa
Max Martini Max Martini
7.3 4.0K votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 144 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:  provocative, tense
Plot:  central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, libya, assault rifle, grave, mercenary, heroism, biography, ...
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Restrepo
7.2 366 votes
Genre: Documentary, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides insight and empathy on how to win the battle through hard work, deadly gunfights and mutual friendships while the unit must push back the Taliban.
Plot:  based on novel or book, isolation, radio, dead soldier, us army, afghanistan war (2001-2021), taliban, grief, ...
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War for the Planet of the Apes
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Andy Serkis Andy Serkis
Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson
Karin Konoval Karin Konoval
Terry Notary Terry Notary
7.2 9.8K votes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 140 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
Plot:  suicide, civil war, escape, winter, mutation, peace, solidarity, gorilla, ...
Time:  2040s
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Village of the Damned
Cast
George Sanders George Sanders
Barbara Shelley Barbara Shelley
Martin Stephens Martin Stephens
Michael Gwynn Michael Gwynn
7.2 500 votes
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 77 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
Plot:  suicide, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, pregnancy, village, youngster, parish, car crash, ...
Place:  england
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Bullitt
Cast
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
Robert Vaughn Robert Vaughn
Jacqueline Bisset Jacqueline Bisset
Don Gordon Don Gordon
7.1 1.3K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 113 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
Style:  suspenseful, intense
Plot:  hotel, airport, based on novel or book, police, chase, san francisco, california, detective, ...
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We Were Soldiers
Cast
Mel Gibson Mel Gibson
Madeleine Stowe Madeleine Stowe
Greg Kinnear Greg Kinnear
Sam Elliott Sam Elliott
7.1 2.3K votes
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Germany, United States of America
Duration: 138 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind...dead or alive. We will all come home together."
Style:  intense
Plot:  vietnam veteran, hero, army, based on novel or book, steel helmet, missile, based on true story, major, ...
Time:  vietnam war, 1960s
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Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
Cast
John Abraham John Abraham
Diana Penty Diana Penty
Boman Irani Boman Irani
Zachary Coffin Zachary Coffin
7.1 115 votes
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Audience: 12A
Story:  A look at India's second confidential nuclear test series at Pokhran lead by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, during the time of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure.
Plot:  army, based on true story, nuclear explosion, indian army, nuclear testing
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Die Hard 2
Cast
Bruce Willis Bruce Willis
Bonnie Bedelia Bonnie Bedelia
William Sadler William Sadler
John Amos John Amos
7.0 6.5K votes
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 124 min.
Audience: R
Story:  One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Plot:  helicopter, airport, based on novel or book, ambush, cop, sequel, snow, shootout, ...
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Stronger
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal
Tatiana Maslany Tatiana Maslany
Miranda Richardson Miranda Richardson
Richard Lane Jr. Richard Lane Jr.
7.0 1.6K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, United States of America
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
Plot:  based on novel or book, boston, massachusetts, rehabilitation, wheelchair, based on true story, hospital, explosion, ...
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Cast
Benicio del Toro Benicio del Toro
Josh Brolin Josh Brolin
Isabela Merced Isabela Merced
Jeffrey Donovan Jeffrey Donovan
6.9 4.1K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, United States of America
Duration: 122 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
Plot:  rescue, central intelligence agency (cia), corruption, usa–mexico border, sequel, shootout, explosion, brutality, ...
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